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Efficacy of attribution retraining on mental health of epileptic children
Joint Authors
Tajrishi, Masoume Pur muhammad Riza
Fard, Tahirah Nujayfi
Yusufi, Sahib
Abbadi, Athar Muhammadi Malik
Qasimi, Husayn Delavar
Abbasi, Said
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 10 (31 Oct. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-10-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background: Epilepsy affects children’s quality of life and leads to social and mental problems.
Promoting the mental health of children, especially epileptic ones, and preventing problems affecting them constitute major concerns for every country.
Mental health promotion requires intervention programs.
Objectives: We sought to assess the efficacy of attribution retraining on the mental health of epileptic children.
Patients and Methods: The present study is a semi-experimental investigation with a pretest and posttest design and includes a control group.
Thirty children, comprising 17 boys and 13 girls, were selected randomly from the Iranian epilepsy association in Tehran and assigned to experimental and control groups.
They answered to the general health questionnaire (Goldberg and Hiller, 1979).
The experimental group participated in 11 training sessions (twice a week; 45 minutes for each session) and received attribution retraining.
The data were analyzed using the multiple analysis of covariance.
Results: The findings showed that the experimental group, in comparison with the control group, experienced a reduction in physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression and an increase in mental health significantly (P < 0.01) after the training sessions.
There were no significant differences, however, between the two groups at 6 weeks’ follow-up.
Conclusions: Attribution retraining improved mental health in the epileptic children in our study.
It, therefore, seems to be an appropriate intervention for promoting the mental health of children.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tajrishi, Masoume Pur muhammad Riza& Abbasi, Said& Fard, Tahirah Nujayfi& Yusufi, Sahib& Abbadi, Athar Muhammadi Malik& Qasimi, Husayn Delavar. 2015. Efficacy of attribution retraining on mental health of epileptic children. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 17, no. 10, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-626587
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tajrishi, Masoume Pur muhammad Riza…[et al.]. Efficacy of attribution retraining on mental health of epileptic children. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 17, no. 10 (Oct. 2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tajrishi, Masoume Pur muhammad Riza& Abbasi, Said& Fard, Tahirah Nujayfi& Yusufi, Sahib& Abbadi, Athar Muhammadi Malik& Qasimi, Husayn Delavar. Efficacy of attribution retraining on mental health of epileptic children. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2015. Vol. 17, no. 10, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-626587
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
Record ID
BIM-626587